Standard Hotel Fires Video Leaker

The Standard Hotel in NYC announced yesterday they identified the person who leaked the Solange Knowles and Jay-Z fight and have fired the individual

. The official statement from the hotel said in part that the person, who was not named was fired for “breaching the security polices of the hotel and recording the confidential CCTV video.” It wasn't too hard to find the person. The pool of suspects was probably limited and when the employee started making it rain with dollar bills everywhere they walked, the hotel put two and two together and fired them. I'm guessing it was probably not a very high paying job so the $250K they received from TMZ probably will keep them going for a bit. The hotel says they will try and prosecute the offender criminally, but I don't know how much luck they will have or if the penalty would be that severe. The person probably won't be getting a good recommendation from the hotel, but the entire gossip reading world is happy they did it.

That's what TMZ is said tohave paid, Voilet. Then again since they 'weren't named' who knows how true this is. Could just be the hotel trying to save face instead of admitting their camera security sucks balls.

I guess (if it's true and the person was located and fired) the worst case scenario would be that they can't put the hotel on their resume.Not being named makes me suspicious, though. I would think the hotel would quickly do that and burn them at the stake. Still thinking they didn't find out who did it.

Personally I think anything you do outside the confines of your home becomes 'public property' meaning your bs behavior may be on video. Privacy laws be damned. People are so funny thinking they have choices when it comes to privacy laws. You don't. Its all a fuckin fallacy and everything you do and say or type is being recorded, archived, filed. Its the price you pay to be 'plugged in'. The alternative is to get rid of anything electronics, move into the mountains or somewhere without wifi and out of satellite range and live off the land, hunting and scavenging for food. If you're not willing to do that then stfu and deal with it. There is no privacy. This is our new fucked up brave new world reality. Good on the dude for getting 250k for thatclusterfuck shituation.

Good luck suing this person though. Which is too bad, though, because there's a bigger issue under the gossip bonanza here. Part of the deal of accepting the presence of security cameras everywhere is the idea that access will not be abused – and that's not just a concern for celebrities. The idea that your every movement is recorded, the moment you step out your door, to be held up for possible inspection is just odious.

250k? I think that footage was worth way more. I would've sent a 10 sec morsel and greedily waited for the offers to come clawing in. Also who cares getting fired from a security job it's not like he/she was a CEO of Fortune 500 company

There will never be a prosecution because Jay/Bey/Sol would have to testify under oath and be subject to cross examination about their relationships, sexual history etc.As for the $250K, remember it may have gone primarily to an intermediary rather than the actual hotel employee. I doubt security guards know how to conduct an auction amongst media outlets.

TTM, I thought RR wasn't dissing you, but idk? I think it's great you post your REAL photos! The rest of us that don't have our reasons…but why do people always pick on nice people? You're so sweet, I don't get it.

I couldn't say for sure, but I think Stella and others in the past have implied that I am an Attention Whore. It's hard to read between the lines sometimes, but that would be my guess. What with all my commenting on public posts and thinking I'm hilarious and the like. It really REALLY irritates some people. People with malfunctioning scrolling fingers I'm guessing.

@TTM: I don't think Cocoa would succumb to peer pressure, but it was worth a shot.

Really though, I get the feeling about Cocoa that if I ever saw her, she would open her arms wide, so I would go in for a hug, then knee me in the balls and laugh. Like Lucy pulling the football away from poor Charlie Brown.

TTM, don't succumb to the pressure of withholding your words. You have a disclaimer in your username. It's not like you're boastful. It's ridiculous. I'll tell u if u TTM, bc there have been posters that have annoyed me back in my lurkin days.

Frankly I don't understand why some people ARE singled out for abuse in the posts. It's not just TTM either. There are obviously others. Just be on your way. It's not like it affects your everyday existence or work environment like someone you HAVE to work with but dislike. It's small and petty. Says more about them than you in the end.

It's always been the way of the CDAN that once a poster becomes "popular"….then a gang always forms to try to bring them down. It started with a bunch of people going off on Hez and continues to this day, TTM is just carrying on the torch!

@nurysp: Can't offer it to the Carters to price match, because doing that equates to extortion. Ask the photog serving time for asking Cameron Diaz to match his offer for the nude pics he LEGALLY took of her prior to her fame.

That dude getting convicted F'd every other celeb right in the keister.

I'm wondering if this elevator drama was all a stunt by Killer and Bey to begin setting up for the split. They don't have a real marriage, it's some sort of business arrangement, (maybe not unlike Cruise and Homes/Kidman/Rogers) and perhaps the termination date is approaching and one or both of them doesn't care to re-up. This way Bey gets to leave as the betrayed wife … the hetero betrayed wife.

In general, I like bitchiness and loathe fake-internet-relationship kissyface.

Telling people they should scroll by comments and not make bitchy comments on a read/comment site is stupid. It's particularly stupid when the people saying it are the same people who are not scrolling by any comments and are making bitchy comments themselves.

Stella – at least people who have photos of themselves are being honest about who they are when they post. I'm too scared to put my own picture on here and admire those who do. Shut. Up. Nasty. Person.

nurysp said…the carters couldnt pay more than 250k to have this all covered up?

Hmmm very good point which begs some questions, was the hotel employee a good buddy with the TMZ gang so he or she got excited and went straight to TMZ, the person already someone who leaks stuff to TMZ or was this like a joint venture between the Zs

I don't see why Jay would want the video to go away. It just makes Solange look like a psycho bitch, while Jay just defends himself and Bey is above the whole thing. Obviously there could be something way juicy actually happening, but we'll never know.

Oh and can we stop this attacking posters thing? This site is so fun to read most of the time until I see this high school shit. Really. At least if you're going to go off on someone, go off on an a-hole, not @TTM. Sheesh.

The kissy-facing helps counteract the crippling loneliness I get from sitting under a fluorescent light all day while listening to my boss talk about his wife's IVF treatments. The universe is a cold and loveless place and all that. #kissyfaceborbee? 😉

@Seven of Eleven, I don't think Hez ever got banned anywhere, but honestly it's been so long I can't keep it all straight. Hez was here at the beginning and she was a frequent commenter. I'm pretty sure she and the real Enty were friends. Then the Hate Brigade (whoever they are) showed up in full force, it was really bad. They gave Hez so much hell she eventually left. She put up with quite a bit of abuse before she finally left.

p.s. if you were a Hez supporter, you were known as a "Hezbian"..that one still cracks me up!

Wendy Williams is all over this thing about Beyonce removing the tattoo from her ring finger. Personally I don't think Beyonce is going anywhere. Mr. Carter told her that her Dad was stealing from her and proved it. That's what is reported to have led to Beyonce firing him as her manager. That breeds loyalty.

It's being reported in NYC that the leaker is a woman and that she had trouble getting paid for her images. Personally I think $250k for that kind of material is chump change. Half a million would've been my price. Could it be no one wanted to touch it because of Mr. Carter's reputation? Who wants a minion sidling up to you out of the blue (no pun intended with a message from their boss?

It's also being reported that the video was transferred or made with her cell phone? I'm not that tech savvy so I don't understand that at all.

Still I'm with those who think the Hotel is covering its ass. If the video is on someone's phone it's no longer Hotel property right?

That mealy mouthed statement that came out in the late afternoon East Coast time is not going to make this go away.

I think the security person weighed up the pros and cons, spoke with their parents, pastor, and mentor, did some sums and thoughtfully came to the conclusion to enter into a mercantile decision making process. It's hard to find any sads to give Beyoncé etc.

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